Chapter 17 Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia Modern British and American people, no one does not know "Lawrence of Arabia" (TELawrence) this person's.This is a mysterious Englishman surrounded by many endless legends. He is a soldier, explorer, archaeologist, scholar, poet, even a spy and a traitor.he is big Before the war, he was ordered by the government to investigate in the Near East.He stirred up rebellion among the Arabs, and at the same time received Conquered the hearts of the people in this desert.For the grievances against the Arabs at the peace conference, he openly refused Awarded the Order of the King of England.His only official title is "Major", but this is still for the sake of convenience

He only accepted using military trains.Some people in the UK regarded him as a national hero of the expeditionary force, but some people Said that he was a traitor and spy who betrayed the interests of the motherland.He is also a pilot and a traveler.once Falled from a plane seven times, rode a robotic bike 23 hours a day in the desert drive.On top of all this, Lawrence was an Oxford native, returning from the Wen translated Homer's "Odyssey", wrote many notes and diaries, and published a volume of modern The most famous book: "Seven pillars of Wisdom" (Seven pillars of Wisdom).

The production of this book just symbolizes Lawrence's extraordinary life. During the peace conference in Paris, Lawrence began to write this masterpiece.He has written two About 150,000 words, one day, when returning by car near London, all the manuscripts suddenly disappeared. Wing and fly.He originally wrote it based on his notes over the years, and the notes were destroyed as he used them. Now the original manuscript Once lost, all these materials are lost at the same time.The only thing left was a preface, so he relied on Based on my own memory and other remaining materials, I wrote another one in three months,

This time it was written in 400,000 words.A year later, he himself found that the writing was too hasty, and he wrote all the The manuscript was burned, leaving only one page.For the third time, this time he carefully wrote down more than 300,000 words, After additional revisions and deletions, 200,000 characters remained, and this was the final draft of "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom". Lawrence had no intention of writing, this book was written entirely for the invitation of friends, after it was written, It was immediately published in London by a private printing house. The price is also extremely expensive.Twenty copies were printed in the United States, priced at 20,000 U.S. dollars each, so most people don't

Not only have they never read this book, but few people even know what the cover looks like. Later, Lawrence used the materials of this book to write another book because of the financial difficulties. "Revolt in Deesrt" (Revolt in Deesrt) is actually only one-tenth of the original book. already. "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" was never sold publicly until Lawrence died last year Afterwards, for the first time, it was released to general readers in a popular version priced at US$5. "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" is a collection of military diaries, travel notes, adventure notes, and recollections

Fit, the article is written extremely beautifully and vividly. "Major Lawrence of Arabia", (he is sometimes signed For T E. Shaw), he was, above all else, a stylist. There is also a valuable anecdote about Lawrence's writings.His "Rebel in the Desert" When it was to be published in England, he was offered by the publisher, in order to make his readers aware of the importance of his work. For the sake of choice, I asked him to reorganize and publish some of his diaries and notes, Lawrence agreed, The next day, I took the manuscript to see the publisher, and at the same time put forward his conditions:

"The manuscript fee is one million pounds, and at the same time, there is an additional 75% royalties for each book." The publisher opened his eyes and almost fainted from fright.That's what Lawrence does.